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27-02-2020 01:24 AM #63
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27-02-2020 03:42 AM #64
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To be able to enthuse a passionate dedicated fan base such as the hibernian support,he is going to need good hibs folk in and around his team charged with achieving this goal.
A new audio system and some fancy tech lights will not bring your season ticket numbers up to 16/17,000.
As for wages being increased to allow for a better playing staff,that's still based on the ability of the people tasked with finding talent being good at identifying such talent.
The beer in the stadium thing is not his call,and is just another way to pander to a sizeable proportion of the support who would clearly enjoy a pint at the game.
Whilst the audio system will be welcome,it's clearly something we have needed for a while,as a minimum approach to communicating to the supporters on match day.
The bit about "revenue streams" really gets me thinking we could be talking about seating price grading based on location of your seat.meaning higher pricing for some.now I'm speculating of course.but not sure this would sit well with many.
As for advertising and sponsorship,its all just if! If! If!nothing concrete announced last night.no structured 5 year plan in the video I watched.
I would love to be enlightened on his plan,but I feel the stuff I heard is all speculating to accumulate,no solid framework in there.
He could have set the tone by siding with the supporters who are actively trying to create a better atmosphere inside the ground.by announcing something similar to the aberdeen owner, and giving the fans a standing singing section with banners and flags provided.fill in one corner even, exclusively for this,ending seating feuds about switching season ticket holders who have held there seat for ages.
I'm sceptical about what direction we are heading,hope I am proved wrong on all fronts swiftly,and will post when I am wrong in my chain of thoughts.
I honestly thought we would have some encouraging announcements,solid news like a new kit sponsor or shirt sponsor,a stadium blue print.
Instead we got some pipedreams in a small 10 minute video roughly of things we already knew.and just in time for season ticket renewal?
Nah I'm not convinced here.or enthused.
Feels like the owner is still spitballing ideas.Last edited by tonyrougier123; 27-02-2020 at 04:12 AM.
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27-02-2020 04:00 AM #65
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Here's an idea fill in a corner,fill it with the 1875 boys. banners, drums, flags whole show.
Stick the telly above them so all of the stadium looks in that direction automatically,including the opposition players and they will see a sea of green and white bouncing every time they check their lineup or subs or minutes passed in the game.
I mean how much would it cost to put in a standing section?surely worth it?? You want to make easter road unique not generic and full of advertising l.e.d pish boards!Last edited by tonyrougier123; 27-02-2020 at 04:28 AM.
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27-02-2020 05:30 AM #66
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Never thought I'd see the day our board were targeting 16/17k season ticket holders and doubling the turnover and budget. Sue Perb.
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27-02-2020 06:25 AM #67This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If it’s the latter then I’m presuming that you’ve absolutely no understanding whatsoever of how to create a vision, underpin it with credible action points and what the goals will be once executed?
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27-02-2020 06:31 AM #68This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-02-2020 06:35 AM #69
I always refer back to the thread that talked about the redevelopment of the East Stand and some of the posts about “why are we spending money to increase the capacity to 21k when we can hardly get 12k here”
Well guess what, someone in the Board had ambition and executed a plan. By improving the stadium and capacity it’s given the club a significant material income stream, grown the profile of the club and we topped 14k ST sales this season.
We could’ve kept the old east stand and *****ed the money on 3-4 players, not been any better off and had a debt repayment plan which would cripple us.
Folk are missing a key points in the strategy around the football side, a smaller squad with ‘better’ players, a pathway for academy players, full sized indoor training centre.. the playing side is at the front and centre. Let’s not gloss over that.
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27-02-2020 06:38 AM #70This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-02-2020 06:42 AM #71This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm sceptical about what direction we are heading,hope I am proved wrong on all fronts swiftly,and will post when I am wrong in my chain of thoughts.
I honestly thought we would have some encouraging announcements,solid news like a new kit sponsor or shirt sponsor,a stadium blue print.
Instead we got some pipedreams in a small 10 minute video roughly of things we already knew.and just in time for season ticket renewal?
Nah I'm not convinced here.or enthused.
Feels like the owner is still spitballing ideas.
As for a stadium blueprint - any meaningful study will take more than 6-7 months to prepare. I'd rather have news of each element when the details, programme and planning are known, otherwise we'll end up looking as stupid as our daftie neighbours.
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27-02-2020 06:48 AM #72
There is absolutely no doubt that Scottish society can learn loads from North America in terms of putting on a show and customer service and experience. Get that right and people will want to return over and over again. Interview was good and liked Ron's passion and ambition. Kenny Millar also very good interviewer. It has always irked me also for example in Edinburgh you have some of the largest financial institutions in the world and as far as I know none invest anything in the biggest and best sport in the country. Good vision very well communicated.
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27-02-2020 07:16 AM #73This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Sheffield is 725000. That's over 36% bigger, isn't it?
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27-02-2020 07:31 AM #74This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The population of Sheffield is 570,000.
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27-02-2020 07:32 AM #75This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That site has Edinburgh as 537k.
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27-02-2020 07:37 AM #76
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I’m all for cheap kids/family season tickets, they are our future fan base after all. I would keep the pricing the place but drop it to category B games and house them in the south stand. If they want to attend one of the ugly sister or Hearts games they can have that option before a general sale.
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27-02-2020 07:39 AM #77
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They are the two things I picked out of it all that will happen relatively quickly and where we can get some quick wins.
It won’t happen overnight but there is nothing not to be positive about in what he said. Nothing is guaranteed but just having that ambition and drive at the club will make a huge difference.
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27-02-2020 08:07 AM #78This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Since he’s came in he has:
Wiped our debt - 500k p/a
Injected 1.25 million to the club to see at they please
Raised our overall wage and overspent in the January window as the right opportunity arose
We put in bids of McGinn, Miller and Nisbet. All of which is pretty unheard of for us
Made us the greenest club in Scotland - Big opportunity for more revenue
Near future;
Doing up ER - Screen, audio system, lighting, Digital ribbon and a general clean/do up - More revenue opportunity
Bringing Kiosks inhouse - Increasing revenue
bigger player budget
That will all likely be inplace within a year of him being in charge. What’s not to be enthusiastic about?
The money ideas etc may sound random to us our plucked out of thin air. But I highly doubt someone like Gordon has said 5 investors at 200k each with no sort of idea who they may be and if it’s possible.
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27-02-2020 08:26 AM #79This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-02-2020 08:32 AM #80
Are people honestly getting so excited about a big screen and Digital Ribbon (i.e. loads of wee screens)?
Call me old fashioned, but I just want a decent team to watch on the pitch, maybe winning trophies occasionally.
Hotdogs, though... THAT I can get excited about!
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27-02-2020 08:37 AM #81This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yours is right, Calumn.
The 700k+ quoted for Sheffield is not the city on its own, it's the 'greater urban area'.
Edinburgh has roughly 700k, using that definition.
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27-02-2020 08:40 AM #82This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hopefully the “kiosks” will all be cashless as well - would speed things up massively and be much more convenient.Last edited by calumhibee1; 27-02-2020 at 08:42 AM.
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27-02-2020 08:44 AM #83
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Belfast for one is not a city of more than 600000. And Manchester (not Greater Manchester) is the size of Edinburgh. Stats eh!
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27-02-2020 08:46 AM #84This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
In England the population is massive - more than 10 times what we have and only twice as many league clubs as Scotland - and much of it is in places outside of specific cities so the draw for certain teams is from a much larger and more populated area than just the city (taking in greater urban area, county etc etc).
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27-02-2020 10:25 AM #85This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
To increase attendances we need to attract people who aren't passionate and dedicated and the best way of doing that is to make the matchday experience a bit special - the wow factor. These plans look like a good way of achieving that even if they're not entirely to the tastes of the current fanbase.
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27-02-2020 10:40 AM #86This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Exactly, Tony. No mention of buying a Bank? Or shipping in busloads of players we've never heard of? Colour me disappointed.
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27-02-2020 11:03 AM #87
Big Ron did himself a load of favours last night and has irrefutably already put his money where his mouth is.
If I was Big Ron and Kenny M now, I'd keep control of the narrative by setting up a running commentary of comms to supporters on the implementation progress of the plan.
Phase 1 - Deadline 55th Decanuary: new pies (achieved), jumbotron (install date.....), x % increase in playing budget for summer (Now in place) etc etc etc
Phase 2 - Deadline ......
and make a whole load of marketing noise about we're now in Phase whatever of the grand design to let supporters beyond the AGM buy in big time.
This is comms gold for them. I hope they're already all over it.
Then when we miss a target, it should be 'Thank you to the wonderful supporters who have showed their faith in our vision by taking us to 14,000 STs, Our highest ever!
Translation 'You bunch of miserable low skilled skint *****. We're going after the prawn sandwich brigade now, You're no use to us, earn more money in future, peasants!.'
As was said earlier in the thread. 'Mon the Ron'.
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27-02-2020 04:24 PM #90
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